Emergency Micro Ep: Protect Kratom from the FDA and Big Pharma

Hi friends. This emergency micro ep is a call to action to protect the plant medicine Kratom from an FDA and Big Pharma push for an International Ban.  We have until August 9 to submit comments to the W.H.O and the U.N. about how kratom has helped us or a loved one. Please keep comments courteous and positive- do not attack the FDA in comments. (I'm gonna do a whole episode about how fucked the FDA soon, don't worry).

Big Pharma is losing profit due to kratom weaning Americans off deadly Rx pain pills, and that is the only reason why its blood brothers at the FDA are so dead set on criminalizing it. Don't let the FDA win!

Make your voice heard! Submit your comments here: https://www.americankratom.org/advocacy/who-formal-comments.html

Or here: https://www.protectkratom.org/

Submit by August 9. Remember: you don't have to use kratom to leave a comment about how it helped a friend (or podcast host).

Kratom is a big reason why I was able to defeat alcoholism. It helps millions of Americans every day to stave off depression and anxiety, and to overcome addiction to deadly prescription pain pills.

Kratom is not an opiate. Kratom is a safe herbal supplement that behaves as a partial mu-opioid receptor agonist and is used for pain management, energy, even depression and anxiety that are common among Americans. Kratom contains no opiates, but it does bind to the same receptor sites in the brain. Chocolate, coffee, exercise and even human breast milk hit these receptor sites in a similar fashion. 

Check out the science here: https://www.americankratom.org/advocacy/science.html 

In addition to harming millions of Americans, a ban on kratom would devastate the Indonesian working class, as millions of Indonesians rely on growing kratom for their livelihoods. 

Thank you for your help everyone. I'll be posting a new episode like normal this Sunday. 

One Love,
Conan